Shade holder or guard for incandescent lamps.



W. IFLAND.

SHADE HOLDER 0R. GUARD FOB. INGANDESUBNT LAMPS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.15,1911.

1,016,223.l Patented Janko, 1912.

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W. IPLAND. SHADE HOLDER ORGUARD POR INGANDBSGBNT LAMPS; APPLICATION FILED APR`15,1911.

1,016,223, Patented Jan.30,1912.

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WILLIAM IIELAND, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE HOLDER 0R GUARD FOR INCANIJESCENT LAMPS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1911.

Patented Jan. 30,1912.

Serial No. 621,182.

To all wiz-0m t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM IFLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York,

` (whose post-office address is 1255 Longfellow avenue, in saidA city,) have invented a new and useful Improvement for Shade Holders or Guards for Incandescent Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a shade holder which may be applied to the bulb of an incandescent lamp, and hold a shade thereon when the lamp is in either position, that is whether its socket endl be up or down. This object is accomplished by my invention, one embodiment of which is hereinafter set forth.

For a more particular description, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device when the socket is up and the point of the lamp down. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view with the lamp removed. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line L1L-4, Fig. 3, showing the lamp in its inverted position.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved holder or guard 1 is applied to any suitable glow lamp 2 provided with the usual socket 3 and the point 15 of this lamp may be either up or down. When the point is down, as shown in Fig. 1, the holder or guard is supported as follows: The spring fingers 4, which are preferably three in number, grip the lalnp 2 at their lower ends, and at their upper 'ends are surrounded by a ring 5, and are secured to a collar 6 which has a flaring portion 7. The collar 6 is also provided with a wire spring bolt 8 which has projections 9 extending through suitable slots 1() so that by a lateral pressure upon the upper ends 11, the projections 9 may be withdrawn or partially withdrawn through the slots 10 and against the spring action of the main portion of the wire 8 above the flange. The ring 5 has a perforated plate 12 secured thereto by being bent around at one end-13 and adapted to spring over and fasten by means of the bent portion 14 at t-he other end which acts as a catch. When the shade holder is used, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this part 12 is unnecessary. When the device is used as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the plate 12 is used as a diameter of the ring 5 and fits the same over the point 15 of the lamp 2.

The shade is supported by means of two wire rings, an upper 16 and a lower 17, which are connected by suitable wires 18 that are placed at suitable intervals so as to properly support a shade. The ring 16 can be put in place or removed, as may be appropriate, by pressing on the projections 11 fo cause them to move the projections 9 or the spring 8 through the slots 10 and thereby permit thering 16 to be raised or lowered, on or oif, as may be desired.

In view of the foregoing the use of my improved shade holder or guard will be readily understood. If it is to be used as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the lamp 2 is sprung in between the fingers 4, when the plate 12 is attached at one end only, and then the lamp is secured to a socket in the usual manner. If t-he shade holder or guard is to be used as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the plate 12 is first sprung so as to be a diameter of the ring 5 and then the lamp 2 is shoved through the fingers 4 so that its projection 15 passes through the perforations in the plate 12 and then, if necessary, the lamp is secured in the socket. It is not necessary to remove the lamp from the socket to put the shade holder or guard in the position indicated in Figs. 3 and 4.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but is sufciently broad to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claims.

I-Iaving thus described my invent-ion, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a series of fingers, a ring surrounding said ngers, a perforated piece of met-al attached to said ring and extending across the same and adapted to receive the point of a glow lamp,

av collar secured to said fingers and means a. shade-holding means supported by said onsaid collar for supporting a shade. collar and kept from removal by said lugs.

2. In a device of the class described a series of fingers, a ring surrounding said fin- WILLIAM IFLAND 5 gers, a' Vcollar secured to said ngers, a Witnesses:

spring Wire With projecting lugs adapted to ABRAHAM I, GOLDBERG, pass through perforations in said collar, and H. RADziNsKY.

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